Girolamo Sirchia |
Former Minister of Health and hematologist at the Policlinico Hospital in Milan, Girolamo Sirchia , advocates a law that prohibits homosexuals to donate blood.
The former health minister went on to say: 'Today in the absence of clear rules, in Italy there is someone who accepts donations from gay men. But the law is pretty ambiguous, because it says it can not be subject to levy prospective donors who are at high risk or higher risk than normal, but does not say what those risks. But we know from the literature that these people are at higher risk, so we exclude them. But if the Italian Law specified that homosexuals should be taken we will do, although we are not convinced. But I do not think that will happen, because it's very risky. Our conscience tells us that we need to protect patients: we are sorry to exclude the donor, we are aware of mortification, but first of all we have to defend the sick '.
The case on blood donations by gay was initiated following a complaint by a young gay man, whose blood donation was rejected at the Gaetano Pini, Milan. Health Minister Ferruccio Fazio put a question to the Board health.
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